• Payola, in the music industry, is the name given to the illegal practice of paying a commercial radio station to play a song without the station disclosing...
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  • Payolas (stylized as Payola$) was a Canadian rock band that was most prominent in the 1980s. Evolving from a new wave sound toward mainstream pop rock...
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  • Look up payola in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Payola is a legal term for a payment or fund. Payola may also refer to: Payolas, a Canadian rock band...
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    rock and roll". In the early 1960s, Freed's career was destroyed by the payola scandal that hit the broadcasting industry, as well as by allegations of...
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  • Payola is the second studio album by the American rock band Desaparecidos, released on June 23, 2015, through Epitaph Records. While Read Music/Speak Spanish...
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  • and therefore was grateful to him. Payola was not illegal at the time and Clark sold the song prior to the 1960 payola hearings. Frankie Avalon, Chubby...
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  • know what payola is and there are different kinds of payola; there is payola where the artist puts his money into it, and there is payola where the record...
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  • No Stranger to Danger is the second album by Payolas, released in 1982. It contains the hit "Eyes of a Stranger". The album is only available on vinyl...
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  • Payola, 2002 - 2012 is a 2013 compilation album by The Cribs, released on 12 March 2013. It features the previously unreleased "Leather Jacket Love Song"...
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  • contract after the 2010 broadcast because they raised ethical concerns over payola with him, including allegations that HFPA members took bribes for nominations...
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